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In honor or Earth Day yesterday, let's take a second and explore the powers in the universe that can destroy it. The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization listens for massive explosions. Between 2000 and 2013, the team heard dozens of them—just none of them were nukes. Asteroids are scary, people.

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One of humanity's favorite pastimes is guessing what the future might be like. Several agencies, as The New York Times points out, do this every year. Although most of these studies are pretty well grounded—with predictions about anonymous apps, nanotechnology, and an upcoming Chinese startup boom—one study, which surveyed the technological hopes of Americans for the next 50 years, quickly jumped to the realm of science fiction.

In partnership with the Smithsonian Magazine, the Pew Research Center asked 1,001 people what the future will look like in 50 years. The answers included robot servants, commercial delivery drones, and growable replacement organs. Of course people also want a magical cure for all diseases and time travel. I mean, why not?

But there's one tech trend for which most Americans are still waiting—the flying car. We, as a species, have always been hopeful about a future our morning commute is among the clouds. It was a dream of the mid-20th century, and it's a dream now. But in 50 years, will the dream, like so many other sci-fi turned fact technologies, finally become reality?